What should I use Vim or Neovim?
“Modern and more powerful Vim” is the primary reason why developers consider Neovim over the competitors, whereas “Comes by default in most unix systems (remote editing)” was stated as the key factor in picking Vim. Neovim is an open source tool with 32K GitHub stars and 2.33K GitHub forks.
Why is Emacs a good editor?
Emacs is Fast Once its navigation commands are baked into muscle memory, your cursor practically moves on its own. Routine editing tasks are a breeze, almost every development tool you could desire is right where you need it, and there are is no discernible lag or hangup in any part of the program.
Is Emacs a good editor?
Emacs is OK for my purposes I guess, but if it’s available, likely several other, simpler editors are as well. Vim ! For all the people wanting clear distinction between Vim mode, check out my work here : https://github.com/sd65/MiniVim Looks like Nano/Sublime There are my three best articles about Vim: 1.
Why do so many people use VI instead of Emacs?
In vi’s defense, it was done that way so that it would work on keyboards with a very limited number of keys. So, it has its uses. For most things, emacs is just much easier to use. Emacs was also designed to work on standard 1970s keyboards.
Why do you prefer Vim over other text editors?
I prefer Vim for a couple reasons. The first is personal preference, because I use it all the time and am very familiar with it. It has become embedded as part of my muscle memory. Secondly, I use it because, as I was told when I first started in Linux, Vi is always there, even in recovery and single user mode and other editors are not.
Is Vim still relevant in 2016?
It may be 2016, but among many developers and system administrators, the editor war is still alive and well. Vim (and vi) or Emacs: Both have strong followings, and of course, plenty of people use something else entirely. Which do you prefer? There is little doubt that both still have strong followings.